Robert Joustra is a Researcher with Cardus, writing and lecturing on a variety of topics including urbanism, foreign policy and the global economy. He is Associate Editor of Policy in Public, a regular writer with Comment and the coordinator of our Senior Fellows network. He is a fanatical fan of Jubilee and Hearts and Minds Books.
He is working on a PhD in international politics at the University of Bath, entitled: The Politics of Imagination: Reconstituting the Boundaries of Religion and Ethics in International Relations. He sporadically lectures in politics at Redeemer University, where he teaches international relations and foreign policy.
He is the author of Toronto the Good, an editor of Think Different and an editor, with Senior Fellow Jonathan Chaplin, of God and Global Order: Religion and American Foreign Policy (Baylor University Press, 2010).
He continues to live in Hamilton (Ont.), where he enjoys times with friends, especially his good friend Baxter, poetry and a nice glass of scotch.
Areas of Research Interest
- international political theory
- theories of religion and politics
- neo-Calvinist and Catholic social thought
- Martin Wight, Charles Taylor, Alasdair MacIntyre
- scotch and other whiskeys
Education
- B.A. (Honours), History and Political Science (Redeemer University College)
- M.A. Globalization Studies (McMaster University)
- M.Phil/Ph.D. Candidate (2012), International Relations (University of Bath)